Hardening algorithms against adversarial AI
How can developers secure artificial intelligence applications when the underlying data is vulnerable to hackers?
Police Layoffs Likely in Houston After Judge’s Pay-Parity Ruling
STATE AND LOCAL ROUNDUP | Oklahoma’s unaccredited teachers … Connecticut’s new budget chief … and New Mexico’s backlog in unpaid film incentives.
New Survey Finds Big Increase in U.S. Teen Vaping
One in five high school seniors vaped in 2018.
Crime and Murder Rates Drop in Most Big Cities
While the trend isn’t universal, Brennan Center for Justice research findings “definitively reject any claims” of the nation being in a “crime wave.”
Auto Loan Delinquencies Higher in Southern States
States with delinquency hotspots should reconsider harsh vehicle repossession policies and improve consumer protections, said one Urban Institute researcher.
Local Health Department Uses Holiday Theme to Warn of an ‘Unwanted Present’
“On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me … a brand new STD.”
The Southwest May Be Deep Into a Climate-Changed Mega-Drought
Global warming may have turned an already historic dry spell into the third-worst drought of the past 1,000 years.
Code for America Releases Call for Proposals for Its 2019 Summit
The civic tech organization is focused on four big problems.
Software glitch blamed for missing FBI texts
The automated application used to wirelessly collect text messages from bureau-issued mobile devices experienced software issues that kept it from capturing all texts.
Online training for AI and machine learning
Here are some great, no-cost resources that will help you transform your current programming skills to meet the AI and machine learning needs of the future.
Despite Uncertainty After ACA Court Ruling, Medicaid Expansion Likely to Proceed
Officials in the three states where voters approved expanding Medicaid last month are moving forward, regardless of a ruling by a Texas judge declaring the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional.
Advanced digital networks look a lot like the human nervous system
Software models help medical researchers understand the structure and function of the human nervous system and, along the way, make telecommunications networks and services faster, more reliable and secure.
How to build and run a successful data team
A data-savvy staff that works to meet the requirements of program managers will deliver the insights agencies need to make sense of their data, a local government agency chief data officer says.
States, Counties and Cities Report Surges in Hepatitis A Cases
STATE AND LOCAL ROUNDUP | Communication black hole during Camp Fire … N.Y. seafood fraud investigation … and mental health needs swell after Anchorage quake.
Kentucky Governor Gives Short Notice on Pension Special Session
Days after the state Supreme Court strikes down a controversial pension reform law, teachers and other public employees rush to Frankfort—again.
U.S. Homelessness Edged Upwards This Year, Federal Report Says
At least one advocacy group points to housing affordability as a key factor. Also on Monday, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson announced a high-level staff departure.
Jails May Not Be Able to Hold Juveniles Pretrial Much Longer
Local governments would have three years to find space for youths elsewhere, space a recent UCLA Law School report argues already exists.
Worried About the Next Recession? Here’s What to Watch
A new study suggests looking at peaks in financial cycles.
Crowdsourcing King Tides to Better Understand Rising Sea Levels
In Washington state and Virginia, the public can help planners and researchers monitor the inundation of low-lying coastal areas.
HUD Took Over a Town’s Housing Authority 22 Years Ago. Now the Authority’s Broke and Residents Are Being Pushed Out.
ProPublica and The Southern Illinoisan look at what is happening in one of Missouri's poorest towns.
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